Key figures in millions of Euro unless stated otherwise
|
2006 |
2005 |
| Income statement |
|
|
| Sales |
7,660 |
6,851 |
| Gross profit |
1,429 |
1,227 |
| Operating income |
294 |
232 |
| Operating income excluding special items 1) |
289 |
232 |
| Net income 4) |
186 |
158 |
| Net income excluding special items 1) 4) |
181 |
143 |
| Statistics |
|
|
| Organic increase in sales over previous year |
8% |
7% |
Organic increase in operating income
excluding special items 1) over previous year |
17% |
11% |
| Gross margin |
18.7% |
17.9% |
| Operating margin excluding special items 1) |
3.8% |
3.4% |
| Balance sheet |
|
|
| Total equity 4) |
1,159 |
1,030 |
| Net interest-bearing assets and liabilities |
- 558 |
- 536 |
| Key figures per ordinary share (in € ) |
|
|
| Earnings per share 2) 4) |
1.09 |
0.93 |
| Earnings per share excluding special items 1) 2) 4) |
1.06 |
0.84 |
| (Proposed) dividend on ordinary shares 3) |
0.30 |
0.25 |
| Other information |
|
|
| Average number of employees (FTEs) |
14,366 |
12,779 |
| Number of offices |
2,433 |
2,276 |
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1) Special items comprise the profit from disposal of investments.
2) After preference dividend.
3) See paragraph on dividends.
4) We have changed our policy for accounting for minority interests. Prior year results have been restated accordingly. Please refer to this page for further details.
